In the weeks before the draft, teams are busy bringing in dozens of players for pre-draft visits.

These visits can help answer teams' questions about prospects, using physicals to investigate medical issues or interviews to dig deeper on character concerns. They can be simply due diligence, including looking at players likely out of the team's draft reach. They can be the classic smokescreen, or they can be clues to who the team might take in the early or later rounds.

Some teams are public with the players they bring in, even officially announcing the list of names. The Giants, though, typically like to keep the names of the players they host under wraps, so it can be hard to get a complete list of names.

We'll find out as many names as we can -- according to people with direct knowledge of these players' visits, or, where indicated, from other published reports -- and update during the weeks leading up to the draft. Here's what we have so far:

"Top 30" visitsEach team is allowed to bring in a maximum of 30 non-local prospects for visits at the team facility in the weeks before the draft. This does not include private workouts on team campuses, etc.

Virginia Tech T Vinston Painter
Michigan G Patrick Omameh
California (Pa.) S Rontez Miles (Star-Ledger alum Mike Garafolo wrote this piece for USA Today on the Div. 2 prospect's unique personal story)
Alabama G Chance Warmack (per the New York Daily News)
Maryland DL A.J. Francis (per insidetheleague.com)
Charleston Southern DB Charles James (Giants were also at his Pro Day)
Western Kentucky DE Quanterus Smith, per NFL Network's Gil Brandt. Smith is coming off an ACL injury and was unable to work out at the Combine but has reportedly since been cleared, so the visit could be a chance to do a medical follow-up.

Local visitsTeams also hold a "local" workout day for players who are from or played college football in the NFL club's region. The Giants' local workout will be held April 10.

Kent State G Brian Winters won't take a pre-draft visit to the Giants, but OL coach Pat Flaherty did work out Winters at his school's Pro Day.

Also stumbled across this fun tidbit: The Giants also showed interest in Mississippi State DL DeWayne Cherrington at his Pro Day, according to a person who was there. Giants defensive line coach Robert Nunn ran the position drills and nicknamed Cherrington "The Dancing Bear."